CALGARY BESTSELLERS
FICTION 1. Crisis Point
Dwayne Clayden. A Calgary cop seeks to solve a string of robberies.
2. The Concubine’s Children
Denise Chong. Written in creative prose, the story of sacrifice and filial love about a family cleaved in two between China and Canada for the sake of a father’s dream.
3. At This Juncture: A Book of Letters
Rona Altrows. Entertaining novel of a woman in her 50s who writes letters in an attempt to save Canada Post’s business difficulties. Joan London. A deeply moving story of illness, resilience and recovery set in a children’s polio hospital ward.
4. The Golden Age
Richard Wagamese. Saul Indian Horse tells of his journey through the life he’s led as a northern Ojibwa, with all its joys and sorrows.
5. Indian Horse
Eden Robinson. Everyday teen existence meets Indigenous beliefs and chaotic family dynamics in this compelling coming-of-age novel.
6. Son of a Trickster 7. Norse Mythology
Neil Gaiman. Through deft and witty prose, ancient myths are brought back to life.
8. Compass
Mathias Enard. Shortlisted for the 2017 Man Booker Prize — a captivating novel of exhilarating prose and sweeping erudition, magically binding esoteric orientalists, 19-century composers with Balzac and Agatha Christie.
9. I’d Die For You: And Other Lost Stories
F. Scott Fitzgerald. A collection of the last remaining short stories from the iconic writer.
10. Ryders on the Pass
Michael Leask. Sci-fi novel set on an interplanetary rescue ship.
NON-FICTION 1. 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
Jordan B. Peterson. Psychologist presents what he feels the modern world needs to know. Abu Bakr al Rabeeah. A remarkable story of a young boy who survived a war zone to tell what is truly happening in Syria.
2. Homes: A Refugee Story 3. Egg on Mao: A Story of Love, Hope and Defiance
Denise Chong. The story of Lu Decheng, who famously defaced a public portrait of Chairman Mao. Denise Chong. The riveting personal story of one of the most unforgettable images of the Vietnam War.
4. Girl in the Picture
Alberto Manguel. A personal reevaluation of life as a reader, and the vital role of public libraries.
5. Packing My Library 6. How to Be an Asshole of Calgary
Kris Demeanour. A satirical guide from Calgary’s former poet laureate.
7. Forgiveness
Mark Sakamoto. A prisoner-of-war and an internment survivor meet when their children fall in love. Winner of Canada Reads.
8. Post-Truth
Lee McIntyre. Post-truth is an assertion of ideological supremacy by which practitioners try to compel others to believe something, regardless of evidence. McIntyre argues we can fight post-truth by first understanding it. .
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Robert M. Pirsig. The narrative of a father and son on a motorcycle trip becomes a profound philosophical odyssey into life’s fundamental questions.
10. Looking for the Stranger: Albert Camus and the Life of a Literary Classic
Alice Kaplan. In the masterpiece still gripping readers more than 70 years later, Kaplan reveals Camus’s impressive achievement.